In terms of peace offerings though, Gates BBQ is never a bad thing.

The experience in KC is one of the best you will ever find. If you wear your Saints jersey you will get some good-hearted ribbing, but the same guys cracking jokes will probably offer you some BBQ and a couple drinks. The stadium can get loud (if we’re playing well) and is a great environment for getting into a game.

I’d say you have nothing to worry about, but if you want to make friends bring some meat and drinks and I guarantee someone will share their grill with you.

I think the consensus is that if we can show signs of major improvement for the rest of the season, Herm will be back again next year as well as Gunther. Gun is a pretty well liked guy around here… and although our defense has not been as strong this year, a lot of that can be attributed to our ridiculous level of injuries and the large number of new young starters on defense this year (3 on the DL, 1 LB, and both CBs). I think Gun will stick around no matter what, but Herm needs to hope for some major improvement over the next few games or else he’ll be gone.

1) I think the consensus over at AP is that if Thigpen finishes the year strong, we should still look into drafting a QB in one of the mid to late rounds for competition and depth. We are all starting to jump on the Thigpen bandwagon though, which is great because we’ve had very little to be excited about the first five weeks of the season.
2) By now, I think that fund is in the millions. There are still some of us that would like to keep him on board as our president/CEO, but I’d say just about all of us are aching for a new GM. He plans not to reseek the position of GM when his contract expires next year though, so that is good news for everyone.
3) Larry Johnson still has 4 years left on his contract. He has shown that he’s still capable of playing at a high level as long as the offensive line is doing their job, but there’s no doubt that he can be a major distraction for our team. He says he’s trying to turn his life around, but we’ll see. RB is actually our deepest position, which is good because we were on our 4th string RB last week. We drafted a fifth round back in 07 named Kolby Smith, and he is built like LJ… the kind of back that we like to give the ball to 25 times a game. This year we drafted Jamaal Charles in the 3rd round, and we’ve used him mostly as a third down back since he is lightning fast and is proficient in pass blocking. We also have RB Dantrell Savage who was overlooked in the draft for his size, but turned out to be a major steal as a UDFA. We’ve been using him for kick returns just to get him involved and he took some snaps last week when our other 3 backs were hurt. We also have a guy on the practice squad named Jackie Battle that showed us a lot of flashes of brilliance in the preseason, and he is a well built guy as well. So we are pretty set at RB for a while.